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r The Acton Free Press. see B 7! $ :n jij i * r J- ! G is e. TeUme III.No.5^ -Whole No. 150 AOTON, ONT., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1870. jjaa& ]#1.00 per attnam in Adiag *, mux acton FREE PRESS ils Published EVERY THUR3DAY MORNING, AT IUF Free Press Building, to the Post Odice 4 CTON BAKERY Next r" dollir u anvir,-.trtctl} In I bo,; loivo to nnnnuncQ tr> the inhibit inH of Aotou *uid tho puh'io generally tint I h ivc the lirgoit and best issorto 1 Btaok of baker's goo U in tho Village. I KRirs J\ iu-i> IfiivinJ " fJtt.thrvo mouths ' U<r/-vo< Vl l-<Tr40 C\ ' oi*d> lir i i t i tn 'wn| ^ cii in... '. " , J? X CJO-LL J_>J. fcJCliVj., liroJVhMrni ,ul ! Ui tlu intl of llu Buns, Cakes, \pir M i;io iMp't- tine o> ills ^> jvi.^r w.ll t>> on to m} por-oii more k*u ons< j our mi,>il L. It irK-, oi \o\l r^i\i VUlix cents per liiu r ;.-*r lne f i- * i' i - i i^i ui ut 1 wontou STir, i l\ T.'-.t. uieiil-o! < l^'n luu s mil i ijer, $* or * i-o l.i^i*rUon-. liu-lin.^-, i'i-J< o ajht ii-iot iu 1 under, $ I in. r &-* l "U V Ub->~\1 disco mt illowel on idior tl>?cxl i^nt> r>oJ fo" * "t Hili' 1 p'rto's At\--.i^ mo it* with tat sr*o 1 ,1 i.^iruo- I us Invented till forbid, aiul eh in.nl RCC Td. l^1 V . \uj Sp-cla! N <!ioo, th.. objictofu hlehl II to pro-ii > o lilt p. uin'irv In lu'11 of-' 1Q1 I'ldlV i' 1 llo-ffilj^uiv, mill eotl--ld- erej i'ii:* r* ^eifli nt~ Transli a! u 'i r'Wn lit- t ibo piiafor Wieaordoro t -Ul u UcmIsUh: linoIUU rendert d \ ir.i r No e a of li rlhs MurJ~-<.:<.!> and Death* user.e I f n e T. ILBXBT HOOBE, 1'u i l-hi r A l'ro,> utor BL'SIXE^^ CARD* Ice %V H. Ll)i\.n. II. U., II. >>#>.. i ' n* O. i<ri , >t 11 n- I :s irs-i . ^-. Je-i'^ ^. i, v r s ill ii i e ]a elyocojp pi > iw . u -~ . Dtt. R. 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The eountfj ' full of "uico j oung men," \N ho from their duty shirk ; \\ ho think 'twould crush thur family pridofc If thoj should go to work Take olf i our co-it (j o trtfather did) And hud some honest maid, Who'll help you miLol your fortuno then You'ic learned an honest trade. Bo teraht rate in all j on do. He faith ml to jour "boss ;" You 11 hud tho more \ ou do fcr bim V> ill iu\Lr j)ro\o n'loss ; \\ hiu fiine and fortune'- mido, Tho best step that jou c\cr took M otf-wliLti jou learned a trade. THE GOLDEN DEATH! A TALE OF EL DORADO. (Continued.) As 811' D. .I1TH3S0.V. Ittomej- p si-o-v*, Solicitor In e b*nc#ry ) 1 - ' >r ler of vlaln aiid Church 'jts. (jjori^towa. Silo at as.1 Trao. Uildrcd, A Jo-wal of a Girl, Youae iSuserravo, Sec, <>i ttiuled to. It. W. PETKIE JL P.-oT.n^ialiand Surveyor and Civil Engineer, Guelph. \ >- \ ^ra o. ru \ , roKlti } atlei Kcl to ; "o niLE\rav>SEaai'tL' _f\ v;- r. 1 i--. t t l^l cm uoi' i> t! c > ' il 1 i C-.'l" i -l ni '"^i r' Tl r b i- l- i. " i * - 1 1 - r > i " S..A i z.r l I i o i \i, * 03. ir ii t ^i it J a tn h - iissj, i 'i i f Hi i,t 1 i~ L I. \ KK, l'ro;in.t ,r l"U H filltV L..DS1KE, i\>4lRVV'tE ACE>T, CTELPn. lA{u. fjr t"^ M r^ant leand W, at^rloo i i b-i. u"4!. utr_ e 1 '.o tin care will b> tr ilihfa ij- ttttt-n 1 U to Oil f ie_Ui.'- BwiC^Wre, a^eljih. o-ders h> xn ill al'fos^ltitii ipior Do >~ i'o-,tunicr will r<;c^lve promp. at-ciitiTr iI. I> Dil VKE PATENTS far nVE\TIO ex ml i i- i i nl ,>r > trl., -ecurcd 1 p. ; in ul v, t'i UiHLo 1 -suites i.id Kurorx . i*it, i' g Ar^nt-1- 1 or i o i a-ye seud / >r j'i i^ -1'n-iiructl >i- Vg hcj inopcr oiloiatsajtinrs i!fc.N ftl .l.I^r, I > 11 v i, i ii a la, ir.Ae lintcal Kn^lnef r, So lcllor oi I'ft teats jnd Drajshtsmun OLIVER LOZIEil, Plasterer, \--; >n. Oil. r- ^r> 1p< -ipil.noi pi ks ^rlng ail Ki lgii-c^a UK done-ijii h- 'n lit r i-qjab e term*, ill sn-lUrac- on guarant *ed X>9-SIX HOl'SL, Acton. Xv CIo=etotheG T Railway Station. K tcj 1 'nt acaommolatloniror the traTel- llJi'pullC. THOd.^OAMfBELL.Propr^ rpUE ONT1RIO 5ADDLBBI, Buy \our Ilarness nt tho Ontario <iJ ll'"r\, w lore jou got the worth of jou>- mine). A splendid lot of NEW COLLARS on han 1 i l 3- \il pvrtre3 intending to pur chase H^mesis ahould do 60 at 0>noe before the rush commences in order to secure a good set. ~ R. CREECH ISIS. , The neiry night was not destin ed to tnd without an occurrence Upon which they liad not calculat or.- . nt by Mad promptly at- ed- Just asjthe dswn bet^n to peep abo\e the eastern bills, their wakeful ears were saluted by tho sound of ^trampling hoofs, slowly and wejrilj coming up tho canon. The luwloss state of society made men asnt they h d on journeys, us thoughchful, when been on the war path, und the first impulse" of \ our Loross was to spring to their I feft, grasp their rifles.and command the mtiiuler to halt. i '" H.illii i" uuji^LTea a voico out of tho darkness a. voice which, strange to say, did not seem unfa miliar to it3 hearers. " Hallo ' I didn't know anybody wub so near mo lost night, or I should ha^o come on] two miles further than whe.e I 'camped. Anyway, I am a friend to all honest men, and I snppoy) ybu aro that, noighborfi 1" And the speaker,continuing t6 ad vance, BoonTcams into the full light of the fire. Tho utter astonish uient, when the three beheld each other clearly, may be inoro easily imagined than deserved, when the chronicler reeoids that tho new- comt r w us no other than Alfred Caiston ! '1 he coolest man of the trio waB Ho saw \cton Jan TAKIGRAFY DUIVIO.V HOTEL, Acton. Bnr'. \? ict, "r>|irleior,rho n-* llofl Is Qt e 1 up in nrst-class Stylo wlttl nov -furniture. Commercial T" nailers wl I1iii<c>l ntdommo Ifallon a-i l comraollous Sample ttooms. Special a't .ntlon pal I tot h wants of the traiel- U-i?pnjlIc. Barsupplle1 with the best l,lqjorsand Chirrs. Ucol S abllDg and mttntlve Hostlers. (l'whiu llapid, Giaphi \N ntinnj Those wishing to learn SKORT-HAND w ould do well to addrfcss S. W. GALBRAITH, Free Prei^, Acto w fl. UEMSTKtET, Licensed Auctioneer V->t th Counties <>( WelllDgt >n nnd 'Flnl- toa. Orders l^rt -it the h m-r Hues-- Orl-, Acton, or at mr residence, In Hok .ro-vJ. will h* promptly utietide" to. Taring reasonable TO THE PJBLIC OF ALL N'A- IjONs a FOLITJ;\L CBfcED. If yoa want a grx)J AUCTIONEER tr> GEOUGE GIBBS, under-itand? his bu^ine<s. Nnft LSJ said. Addr^BS Hlllsburg V. o. ]ST OTIt'Ji. ln unlerslgned bers leave- to an nounce to Farmers, aDd otberS|Cngi gtu lQ hutt^-T malting who pun o-e getting a nev Churn tunt tliey uld consult tBelrown lntt-rpsls bj rrderlne one of A. MOlmes' Improved Tabular Dash Chiru I am nowuk ng orders for them, haylngpurchasedth^paicntrlgnt to manufacture and st-11 rhey ore without doant the best In the mirkct Your patrona^o u respectfullv solicited. Circulars and testimonials free on acpll- eatlon. Territory lor sale. Manufactur ed and old a? _.. .... V. U. McDON A.LU. t-ra. Acton, cnt. BEATTY'S PIAN & PARLOR ORGAN INSTRUCTOR .with m The unttersigned begs leave to inform the^people of Acton and sur roundinfi neighborhood that he has procurod a niagmScent BEAKSE 'K And is prepared to attend and con- ' duet Funerals on tbe shortest notice and most moderate terms. Coilete, CoJ/ine, Burial Robes, And all kinds of Funeral Furnish ings keptin stock, and supplied on the shortest notice. Hat Bands and Gloves supplied when required. I JOHN SPEIGHT. Acton.Fcb. 10, 1877. can buy firstc!ass Pianos and Organs cheaper of DAN IEL F. BEATTY. Washing __ to i, New Jersey, than any other manufacturer in the United States- Why? Because he sells - ' 'ias ru- Contalnlngtheelements" tmusic. ayni progressive exorcises to perfect the player tn trie art of niuMc either piano or orgax) to, which Is added over lily Waliies, Polkas, MRrcbei,Oa|ops' Operatic M' iodles. Dances, etc., by Dan iel F rteatty. Washington. New Jersey, on- of th best works of Its kind ever l->- trodu'-Hi, ml should be In the hands of ver> piano and org in pl-iyer. Rentpoft- ldtoan> pari of tne United State"ior Canada for only fifty cents the P' co hlng been reJuced to introduce IV, errywlHrs Address DANIEL, *-]BEATrV,VSca6Ulagtou,Ne"' lersey. V other a only for cash' takes no Tisks and 1 no book raccounts. Every inst ment is fully warranted for six years as strictly first class, and aro sent on from 5 to 15 clays' test trial, money refunded and freight paid both ways by him if they are usatiB. factory. Send for Illustrated Ad- yi'HTIseb (Catilogue Edition) and e ad testimonials from hie patrons, D ___________, r__________ some of wh6 ni you may I^- **' centio redwood in its turn, and at dress DANIfcli F. BEAUTY Wflsa-1 beneath the singular ington, New Jersey. b tlie uiiexjiected intruder the nngct blazing in tho eyo3 of the otheis for thoir mutual explnna tions hud long ainco convince I both of his treachery but his self- possession did not desert him. The main point of his lying ex planation was that Lucy Ellerslie had jilted him also, and, therefore, he was in the same boat with them selves His frank-hearted dupes, never distrusting a nevv treachery, did fotgne bim, and, though they diclmtd to travel in his company, as he proposed, they allowed him to go fice, unharmed by any pun- lshtni nt it was fully in their power to'lhflict. Cufston, after having partaken of the morning meal with his late foes, departed in the direction of Putaluiuit, hifl ostensible deBtina tion. Nevertheless, at the north ern butlet of the canon, hidden from their sight by the trees and rocks, ho deliberately dismounted and tit d bis mule to a sapling. ' I've had to eat humble pie, have 1V he muttered to himself, as he began to climb the rear of the cliff, irom the brow of -which he hoped to be able to watch tho men be had just left. " I've had to cringe and beg of the very men I so neatly tricked -at home ! "Very well, very well, indeed I But if I don'f make them eat as tough a meal, Fm not the 'man 1 think I am 1 A leaden bullet," he added, as he attained the eminence, and crawled to tbe brink, from when5o Benson and Stanton were in full view. " Humph ! It may come to, that! It's a morsel not easily digested, and has the advantage of settling the whole score forever '." Meanwhile, unconscious that the murderous eye of Revenge was fol lowing their motions, our heroes began the task which had brought them thither. Carefully following tho directions furnished them by their Indian informant, they ap proached the oak-tree, passed it, and crossed the brook, passed the rocks whioh projected from the qlitT. Horo thoy lind been told to 6eurch for a hugo bouldor, marked with strange hieroglyphics. Ere l^ng thoy discovered it, mossgrown, and luik with tho stains of timo, leani lg against tbo baso of tho wall hko rock. Behind this, they had boon tolll, tho ontranco to tho (jold cavo lay hidden, and, with ioyful stops, they hastened toward it. It was a ponderous fragment, this door of Aladdin's palace, look ing at first or though it would ro- iiniro inucliinory to displace it But a briuf oxaniinatiou proved that it was~baluncod with great skill on a sniulk'i i ock, so that an ordinary lover .would j move it backward. Tho lo\er was soon found in the branch of a treo, and tho stone pressed out, disclosing tho mouth of a daik tunnel about fivo feet high and cot quite bo wide, poiu- ti'ating directly into tho substaucn of the cliff. " Here is the cavo nt last '" cried BiMison, joyously, "but, dotico tako tho stone ! it won't stiy open." " Prop it back with a pieco of the biauch, John," said Ralph, quietly, "and mind that,you do it carefully. It would bo ho joke to have the stono slip back aud im prison us in that place !" With every care that anxiety could suggest, Benson obeyed tbe iujuuefoon, and then both, crouch ing low, entered the grim tunnel, having first lighted some candles which, with provident_forethought, they had brought with them. Had they known that a deadly enemy had followed them, trorn the mo ment they began to trace1 tbo land marks, and that he had secretly diawn neai enough to hear Stau- tou's direction about tbe prop, their feelings, as they disappeared in the tunnel, would scarcely have been so exultant. Haidly had the last gleam of the light they curried vanished, when Carston emerged from -his concealment behind some trees close at band, and silently drew near the great stone. A snule of devilish malignity wreathed his thin lip, und tho fire of gratified hato blazed hi his eye. " Ho, ho, ho i" he laughed, lay ing his hand on the stout stick which kept the rock bnck fiom the opening " Caught hko rats fn a trap ' I couldn't have wished an) thing better if I had planned it myself. Stay thero and starve, fond lovers! Hupgor is harder food than ereif humble pie !" With the last words, he forcibly wrenched out the prop, and the immense rock sunk swiftly, but silently, back to its place ' Then tve wictch coolly seated himself upon tho boulder, and waited pati ently until he should hear them return along the tunnel. "I wonder what they went in for?" he muttered, as ho squatted like a great toad over tho tomb of his victims. " I heard the*n say BomotLing iaboufc its being a gold cave. Ha, ha !" ho added, after a moment's reflection. " It's their cvfc/(e ' Thoj 've got their own gold hid theie! So much the bettei, for I'll make profit as well as re venge ' As soon as I let them un derstand who fastened theta in, I'll statt for Petiluma. Two weeks t'totn to da v I'll comeback again. Bi/ that tunc they'll bo dead, and " He was interrupted by_ja violent shaking of the stono" on which he sat Hia victims ljad come back, along tho tunnel, and were striving to push the stone from the entrance. The villain sprang ftoui his -seat with tho agility of an apo, and plural )na mouth closo to a small opo-iingabove the rock. " You'll never get out, my dar lings 1" ho shouted in a tone of fiendish tiiumph, "It's my turn now,, and J'll keep it! Sball I tako any message to Miss Lucy from you?" ) A violent oscillation of the stone was tho only answer. .The desper ate men within had nearly thrown it from its base. " Ho, ho! my darlings, that won't do '" chuckled the villain, in grim jocularity. " Another such push would upset that nisely bal anced rock. I must stop that, I assure you V While he thus spoke, he began hastily to pile smaller boulders, of which a great number lay scattered about, against the large one. As soon as a sufficient quantity had bean arranged to destroy any hope -that the prisoners might have en tertained of overbalancing the great rock, Oarston. out down a Bmall tree with his hatohet, and trimmed, the branches from it. One end of this he buried in the ground, and the other he braced firmly againBt the upper part of the boulder. The strength of a hundred men, exerted from within tho narrow tunnel, would not have sufficed to dislodge the barrier. The unfortunate vic tims wero hopelessly imprisoned ! " Thero 1" shouted the wretch, when ho had completed his hor rible task. " I think that will keep you in till I let you out and (hat id!U be teJuin you are dead J Oood-byo, my boya I If I ever seo her) I'll givo yonr lovo to Miss Lucy I" t And, unhoeding tho oriea of de spair which issued from the tomb, tho malignant wretch shouldered his riflo, and stalked off up the canon, to tho spot where he had left his mule. In another quarter of an hour- the sound of its hoofs died away, and the glon was desert ed, save by the captives in th> bow els of tbe look 1 * # ' On entering the tunnel, our I heroes were forced to grope thejr Tay for some twenty feet, when thoy suddenly emorgod into u large, vault like chamber, the floor of which was nearly one hundred feet in ciroumferenco. Tbo sight that burst upon /them, when thoy stood upright upon its threshold, was bo brilliant as to dazzlo their eyes, and, for a'time bewilder their senses I The lofty walls of tho cavern were composed of while, and sparkling quarts, through which veins of virgin gold meandered in every direction. In Boveral placos, masses of tho pure metal, weighing many pounds, croj>- ped out from the rock, und on the floor lay scattered innumerable fragments, so rich with the pure ore as to be almost solid gold. One piece which lay in Ihe very centre of the vault, particularly attracted their attention. It was composed of neat ly equal parts of crystallzed quartz and pure gold, and was quite sin feet ihj circumfeienco; being hewn into the shape of an almost perfect sphere. Tho fact was plain that the cavern was the work of human la bor, and doubtless the ancierit Indians bad out that golden ball for some purpose connected with their religion. Here was wealth beyond their wildest dreams, and the explorers soon discovered that they did not need artificial light to examine the treasure. In the centre of the lofty roofj-a largo opening communicated with tbe outer air, and afforded suf ficient ventilation and illumination for tho whole chamber. It was so situated, however, that it could not possibly be re icbed by climbing. Having thoroughly inspected the cave from end to end, they re en tered the tunnel to make their way out. It would bo impossible to de- scril>e their feelings when they rea lized that ell hope was gone. Rage and bitter mortification wero their first feelings, for they had recog nized the voice of. their treacherous foe, whom they Had so lately spar ed, and, if they then Could have laid hands on him, his fate would have been a warning to all traitors. Every exertion was in Tain! They could not move bhe boulder at the mouth of tbe tunnel, and they had no tools to undermine it, or to break through the walls of their dungeon. They could not climb the vaulted sides, or crawl along its arching roof to reach the opening above, and they had not a morsel of food to sustain them in any protracted labor! The morning of the third day arrived. They knew it was morn ing, for the unoking sunlight stieamed into their prison through the outlet in the roof, which mock ed them also. But now they were so weak and spent that they cared not fur the sunlight, and wished foi nothing, save death. That was coming, too! The rattle of dry bones ! God of mercy ! It is the ciash of fall ing stones and earth ! the sound of axes, and levers tearing down the barrier of thoir dungeon 1 A loud shout of joy and triumph, a confused, scrambling rush of men aloug the narrow tunnel, and they are borne forth into the open air, surrounded by a frantic throng, who are wild with exultation at their deliverance! Yes, they are saved ; and, strange to relate, their rescuer was Lucy Ellerslie ! # # Lucy was a girl of spirit, and, when she found that she had been cheated out of her fortune, she re solved that the villain who had robbed her should not finally tri umph. With |the money she ob tained from the sale of her house, she went to New York, and sought out an old friend of her father, who was an experienced lawyer. This gentleman had retired from the practice of his profession,.but was stilt young enough to labor in such a cause, and without hesitation he espoused it. Together they set out on the search, and after many dis appointments, tracked the j'sooun- drel to San Francisco. Here, for a time, thejr were at fault, but finally discovered that a man answering hia description had been residing in a low tavern near Paoifio Wharf, and had left the city a few days befpre to go to Petalu- uia, where he had a partnership < in a gambling houso. This cluo was quite sufficient for the shrewd law yer, and on tho third day aftor they- r'oacheed that town, he found that the individual he -was seeking had arrived. By a littlo manage ment, he brought Lucy and tbe suspected man face to face on tho street, and, in spite of great alter ation in his appearance, she instant ly identified him. UortunaColy for his victims in tho cuve Carston also recognized her, and his first impulse, instantly, act ed upon, was flight. The lawyer was prepared for that, -and know ing that the regular .authorities were worse than usoless, at that tune, in California, had informed tho leading members of the Yigil- anco Committee. Every consider able town in tho titiie had Euch a Committee in those days, and he had taken tho precaution of obtain ing letters of introduction to tho leaders in Potaluma, The conse quenco wa$ that a dozen reseluto men were on Carston'B trail half an hour after ho had left the town, Lucy remaining behind. Merciful Providence had decreed that tho ruling evil passion of Canton's naturo should be the means of rescue for his intended victims. His avarice led him to seek tho cavo in his flight, with the design of completing the murder of his DrisonerB, if any life remained in them, and then securing tho property he supposed" they had hidden tbere. just as he had con - menced to remove the tree he had braced against the stono, the Vigil anoe Committee pounced upon him. From the frantic exclamations wrung from hiuTby the fear of in stant death, thoy gathered the truth that two men were starving to death in the cave and their will ing hands soorr tore down the bar rier, as we have Been. Ralph Stanton lived to dayote his lifo to Lucy Ellerslie, and to bless hia preservers ; hut poor Ben son died as they were in the aet rjf removing him from his awful prison. The justiceof the citizen judgek of El Dortdo was, in those days, Bharp and decisive. Carston, from his numerous crimes, was alrerdy con demned, and tbo discovery ot this last atrocity sealed his fate. The great golden Sail iu the care had attracted their attention, and with-an awful poetry of retribution, they determined to make it an in strument of his punishment. With the help of levers they heaved it forth, and poised it on the brow of a Bteep declivity, which sloped away from behind the cliff. Then they, bound the wretoh upoo/lt with stout cords, and at a/given s'qnal, sent it rolling doxpRrfhe s'opel When it reached the bottbm, naught remained of the murderer but a mangled mass. Filthy Habit. Of all the filthy habits in the woild tobacco chewing is one ot the filthiest. Yot how promptly and flieerfully tho cheWois bring forth their little tin foil packages, and minister to each other's cravings And how tho quid 6bewers benev olontly overlook thoir squirting practices, especially in places ot amusement, railroad cars, etc On- the New York Central travels a pleasant mannered con ductor a neat, tidy man, In eveiy- thing excepting tho wood. Ono morning, shortly after his train had started, he entered a car whibh was " bran-new " and gorge ous' in all its adornements. His attention was at once drawn to the zinc arouud tho stovo, tho bright ness of which had been dimmed by the filthy expectorating of somo to- bacco-chewer. Looking around with a frown, he spoke loud enough to be heard by all in the car, demanding to know who had been guilty of so diity a trick, * l No one replied. He repeated tho question in more angry tones, when a meek and scared lookingyoung man trem blingly saidr* " I did it, but I_------"^ " All right 1" said the conductor, quietly, his face d-elaxing into a sunlo, " Give ug a chew '" And that deceitful conductor paid no more attention toKthe nasty per formance, bat went on "shewing" and calling out " Tick ets I" A Thief's LitU*-Joke. A Short Temperance Sermon. Some years ago we had in our employ a man, who, several times in the day, ran out of the office to buy a drink of whiskey. Every time he went Out, tho cashier 'was instructed to drop tqn. cents into a drawer to our credit. At the end of seventeen months, the man who had gone out. so often had drank himself out of a good situation; and the diawer, when opened, was found to oontain four hundred and nine dollars, which we loaned to a young mechanic lat nine per cent. He used it to purchase a set of tin ners' tools. On the 15th of Fob., 1876, ho returned it to us with in terest, saying in his letter that he has now a "wife, two children, and property worth five thousand dol lars. The other fellow is a bum mer hunting for food. Pomeroy'v Democfat. Language of the Htftr. All of our features have their language ayes, nose and month. And now some one discovers that even the hair has its own indica tions./ Straight, . lank, string-looking hair indicates weakness and cowar dice. Curly hair denotes a quick temper. Frizzy hair, Bet on one's head as if each individual hair was ready to fight its neighbor, denotes coarseness. Black hair denotes persistent resolution in accomplishing an ob ject ^a-lso a strong predisposition to revenge wrongs and insults, real or fancied. ' Biown hair denotes fondness for life, a friendly disposition, ambL- tiorwearnestness of purpose, relia bility in friendship, in proportion as the hair is fine. / "Very fine hair indicates an even /disposition, readiness to forgive, with a desire to add to the Happi ness of others. "Persons with fine light brown or auburn hair, inclined to curl or friz, aie quick tempered, and are given to resentment! and revenge. Light blown hair, inclined to redness, with a freckled skin, is -Baid-to be a certain indication of deceit, treachery and disposition to do somathing-wean by a friend who can no longer ba used tO'tfd- vantage. All of whioh may bo new3 to fortune tellers. Respect Due to Wives. Do not jest with your wife upon a subject in which there may be danger of wounding her feelings. Remember that she treasures every word yon utter. Do not speak of great virtues in another man's wife to remind your own of a fault. Do not reproach your wife with personal defects, for if she has sensibility you inflict a wound difficult to heal. Do not treat your wife with inattention in com pany ; it touches her pride and Bhn will not respect yoa more or love you better for it. T>o not npbraid your wife in the presence of a third party ; the sense of your dis regard for her feeling* will prevent her from acknowledging her fault. D,o not entertain, your wife by praising the beauty and accomplish ments of other women. Do not be stern and silent in Tour house, and remarkable for sociability else where. A London pickpocket pi lyed a neat trick on a policruaii trie other day. Detected in stealing a watch ho ran away, and at the moment tbe policeman c-.nne up with hitn he appeared to pis-j the watch to a bystander, saying " Here, take it." Tbo policeman arrested both and took them befoto a magistrite, where both loudly dech.teJ their innocence. They were immediately searched, but nothing found to criminate them. The pickpocket then accused the policeman of com mitting the theft himbelf, and on seaiching Jiis own peckoti the as tonished officer disco\eiel tho wateh in his pocket The pick pocket, having enjoyed his little joko, imniprliately nclcnowledcd Ij 1*3 guilt, to the intenhoiiehof of the policoraau. Items of Interest. i 400 Chicago coopers have struck for an advance of wages. 1,000 cotfcoa operatives hava struck at Bury, England. Noya Sootji crops ,\ generally, very promising; bay unuitmlly heavy. A school of art, costing 125, 000, is to beerecscd at Manchester, England. Gazette and Herald compositor) at Montieal have stiuck ag linst a ten per cent, reduction. Mrs. A.^T. St^-wait owns tfel_ largest solitaire diamond in the United States ; value 35,000. It is probable that the Gregorian calender will shortly supersede the Old Style in the reckoning of dales in Russia. _ In, 181-i Great Britain, with & population of 18,000,000, had H7, 000 seamen and marines and 1H line-of-battle ships. Ttoy, the Brahmin priesh, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by the ToroitoPolice magistrate for bigamy. The anniversary of the S*. Jolin fire was celebrated on Tuesday last by servicej iu the church.b, jnd u. general suspension of business. Earl Dufferin has forwat led two prize medals to Lieut. Governor Cauchon, of Manitoba, foi the en couragement of farming in the Icelandic settlement. Of the 5,000,000 Jews eafci nat- ed to be on the face of tbe globe, 120,000 are assigned to America, 46,000 to France, 300 to Ii eland, 25 to Norway. One out of every seven inhkbitjnts of Piilanl, and' one out of every twenty-dve of Hamburg, Rjuminia, und Austria, are Hebrews. How to Please Your Boy. " If you want -to keep your boy at home make it pieasanter than the street." Ceitainly. Chalk a hopscotch for him iu 4he hall, put a hogshead ol molasses on tap in the kitchen, have a dog-fight in~the back-yai'd, make a " bully slide " on the cellar door, Lave a hand-organ and mon key in the recoptiou room, aud a German band on the stairs. L t the toy chalk callers' hicks on the first of Apul, throw his baseball through the windows, ring the bells and run away, and " plug" the cook with fish balls on Sunday morning ; but even then you will have to engage a circus or " gi eat moral show " to drive through the premises two or throe times in the season to " make it pieasanter than the street." An Irishman who stood near the third base watching a game of base bill the other day, was sent to grass by a foul whioh struck him under the fifth rib " A fowl, waz it ? Begoua, I thought it waz a mule." I A refonnsd strawberry is want ed is necessary. Why dou't our fruit oulturists grow a variety lof berry that will act fair and honest 3 not hive all the big ones crawl on the top of the' basket and the little ones nestle lin>tjhe bottom. For the strong to rljlp over the weak is quite natural,"however. iFROii Two Points of Vikw. Mr. aud Mrs. Squibbles and the visitor were sitting in the parlor and the olive branoh was sleeping sweetly in tho inner room, fiom which a door opened into the p ir- lor. " Yes, m v'am " said Squibbles, " there is something about babies that appeals to the finer feelings of our nature ; an indefinable prosenoe which softens us add makes our hearts go out towards them, a. Court arljourned. r subtle influence which recills fotT God's sake, M tria, go in there and strangle th*t brat, or do something to make ii shut up, so that a in wi can hear himself talk' in his awo. &OU3Q." Eramosa Township Council. This Council met at tho Centre Inn on the 17th inst. All the ^members (preseut; the R -eve in_' tho chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and cjufitnied. $6 was ordered to be p nd to' William Mutrie and 3 to~R>ber6"" Diedge, for gravel tiken from their pits; 10 to John Edwaids for a culvert on lot 18, 4th con. ; 12 to Samuel Ridgeway, Road Overseer, to be expended on his road division, and 3 to John Mutrie for a tine line provided by him fur township uses Moved by Mr. Duffield, soconJed by Mr. Hortop, that the council tako no action in opening out the new toad lying on the 3id cm., re- fen-ed to in a petition by Mi. Mc Carthy and others this year. Car ried. * ' " ,5 was ordered to bo paid to Terence O'Boyle tor c:mve}iiu$ W. Duncan to Guelph G-uoial I F >spi- tal and for medicine to him fiom1 [ Dr. McCulrogh. Tue Cl-rk was directed to ni'ify Wm Scanow to givj ut) p us "ssiou of the side road h ni-j b itw hu the \rest halves of lots 15 and 16, 3rd con., on or"before the first day of Ogtober next. j 3&e Clerk, was likewise directed to notify Hugh Nibbet to le-mov-e forthwith his cord wo >\ enf the ion! allowance lying between lots 26, 3rd hue; and John and D ivid Barclay to remove their rails off the same road alow.ace between lots 27. . The Council was then constituted a Court of Revision. The Asses;- ment Rolls were examine 1 and the North Division R>11 ani-uo ijled.hy charging to James MoOnIloughai! Stewart McCullongh 25 acres o ich, in place of 17 acres, on 'he So ithj half of the east h ilf of lot 15, 3rd oon , and Jamas M -0 illou^h's as sessment fix I at 231:0, and Sraw- art MjoCdllou^h's issess uent2l00. The Rills were confirm id and the The Council resumed, and t'lon .adjourned to meet again -it the Gify tre Inn-ea^-Monday, tha 12-th di7 of August uex.t, at ten o'clock ajn. J. A. Dwds^x, T'p Clerk